There are lots of events being organised in the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of Pinochet's coup in Chile. You can find out about them here: chile50years.uk @chile50yearsuk

Filling the post-Succession void by reading Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ - would love love love to write about the confluence of the two…

It’s as good as everyone says

Brilliant piece

Where should I start with Annie Ernaux? Recommendations much appreciated 📚

Really enjoying SALT CRYSTALS by Cristina Bendek, translated by @robin_ep_myers - thank you Charco Press!

Highly recommended - gorgeous in its precision, expansive in its expression of desire

“Another un-innocent, elegant fall/into the un-magnificent lives of adults”

For this week's The TLS, I reviewed the English translation of 11 by Carlos Soto Román (ed. Thomas Rothe) – an experimental book of poetry from UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile the-tls.co.uk/articles/11-ca…

In case you missed it: my review of the English translation of 11 by Carlos Soto Román 👇

Phenomenal piece that challenges the rural idyll/situates the countryside within the context of modernity

I wrote about Butter by Asako Yuzuki for The Observer New Review 👇 thanks Matt Clacher 4th Estate Books

Excellent day yesterday at the @CCdot_net ‘Forms of Criticism’ symposium hosted by UCL IAS @ucl-ias.bsky.social - thought-provoking presentations and inspiring conversations

For The Observer New Review I wrote about the brilliant England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

As part of my work with the amazing National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange I wrote about ‘The Selectivity of Storytelling’ 👇

'Like Bolaño, Gwyn is unimpressed by the literary establishment.' Josh Weeks on a literary journey to Latin America and back the-tls.co.uk/articles/ambas…

Just finished STRAY DOGS - easily in my top 3 books of the year. Sharp, hilarious, heart-wrenching. Think part one of The Savage Detectives if it was set in Toronto. RJP is a phenomenal songwriter but (dare I say it) he’s an even better novelist